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Dean Otto currently serves as the Curator of Film. To learn more about Dean and the Speed Cinema, read the full press release here. Photo by Rafael Gamo.
Speed Cinema entrance update: Our South Cinema entrance has reopened for all Cinema guests! Follow the Speed Cinema signs while exiting the Museum garage to the entrance while enjoying a small part of the Art Park that is now open.
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
May 9
A celebration of an artist’s life in the purest sense, Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus is the definitive swan song of one of the world’s greatest musicians.
In late 2022, as a parting gift, Ryuichi Sakamoto mustered all his energy to leave us with one final performance: a concert film featuring just him and his piano. Curated and sequenced by Sakamoto himself, the twenty pieces featured in the film wordlessly narrate his life through his wide-ranging oeuvre.
The Beast
May 10, 11, & 12
In 2044 artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely “erase” their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay).
Harlan Jacobson’s Talk Cinema Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Morta (Rapito)
May 11
In 1858, in the Jewish quarter of Bologna, the Pope’s soldiers burst into the home of the Mortara family. By order of the cardinal, they have come to take Edgardo, their seven-year-old son. The child had been secretly baptized by his nurse as a baby and the papal law is unquestionable: he must receive a Catholic education.
Talk Cinema is programmed by the esteemed film critic and film curator Harlan Jacobson featuring a sneak preview screening of an art-house film prior to its release followed by a discussion. Be the first to see the latest films and to share your impressions.
A Photographic Memory
May 12
Filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed was only 18 months old when her mother, renowned journalist Sheila Turner Seed—an ambitious Jewish intellectual well ahead of her time–unexpectedly passed away. Driven by a desire to uncover what her mother left behind; Seed embarks on a journey to meet with people whose lives were touched by her.
CINEMA+ with a post-screening discussion with director Rachel Elizabeth Seed in person.
Wildcat
May 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, & 26
Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke and filmed in and around Louisville, Wildcat invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing?
May 15, CINEMA+ with a post-screening discussion with Ethan Hawke in person.
2024 Louisville Film Society Short Film Slam
May 23
Co-presented by the Louisville Film Society, local filmmakers will present short works of fifteen minutes or less followed by questions and comments from the audience. This edition features a special jury prize of $500 for the best film of the slam.
Pictures of Ghosts (Retratos Fantasmas)
May 31 & June 1
Pictures of Ghosts is a documentary love letter to the memories of filmgoing investigating the cinemas that influenced life of acclaimed director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau, Aquarius).
The Plot Against Harry
June 1 & 2
Dour Jewish mobster Harry Plotnick is finally released from prison after two decades. Returning to a very different world, Harry tries to ease back into his criminal ways on his old turf, but it soon becomes clear that he’s thoroughly outdated. When he encounters his ex-wife and his now-adult daughters, whom he doesn’t even know, he decides to clean up his act.
My National Gallery
June 7, 8, & 9
The National Gallery of London is one of the world’s greatest art galleries. It is full of masterpieces, an endless resource of history, an endless source of stories. But whose stories are told? Which art has the most impact and on whom? The power of great art lies in its ability to communicate with anyone, no matter their art historical knowledge, their background, their beliefs.